Angelina Jolie is Always Mom-Centric

Yayyyyy I made 1000 hear me roarrr haha kidding.
LLM you are soo Lucky Im taking tomorrow off Im doing Nothing.
Just Nothing ..Im leaving & go & get the biggest steakburger fries & a large banana shake whenI leave-&home fries I shall pig out yep. Hey you have the best music..Im a fan lol

Hey NLAL how are you. I was packing up.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Xta8Feaon2M

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081113-LIFE-811130324

This is what Angelina Jolie is about, not some manufactured PR triangle to soothe poor whiny Jen’s ego.

Local Wellesley senior studies self-esteem of Kenyan girls
Katie Bunten-Wren of Eliot, Maine, spent a semester in Kenya studying the self-esteem levels of girls at a refugee camp — half attending primary schools and half at the Angelina Jolie Girls’ Boarding School.

In a decidedly upscale version of “what I did last semester,” Katie Bunten-Wren of Eliot, Maine, discussed confronting scorpions, poisonous snakes and, more importantly, the plight of refugee Sudanese women, in a presentation of her research “Drawings of Dreams: The Power of Women’s Education in Kakuma, Kenya,” at the annual Tanner Conference at Wellesley College.

Studying adolescent self-esteem wasn’t Bunten-Wren’s initial intent when the Wellesley senior headed to the three-month Kenyan program at the School for International Training. The psychology major’s first two months were spent as planned, living with a “home stay” family, and taking courses in development in health and cultural studies. The last month was set aside for her research in the field, supported by the Windle Trust agency.

“You can go anywhere in Kenya. You’re given a stipend and you do some kind of research in the field and write a paper as the capstone of the experience,” she explains. She initially intended to focus on education and children.

The change came about “sort of oddly,” adds Bunten-Wren. She bought a newspaper to read on the bus to ward off carsickness. In it was a story about a theater group from Kakuma, a large refugee camp. She was moved by the adolescent’s first-person tales of life there.

“In the spectrum of Africa it is sizable. But it’s not talked about a lot among the Kenyans. That sparked my interest,” she says.

“I decided I was not challenging myself enough just researching a special education school in Nairobi. I was just playing it safe.”

She headed to the school adviser that day “and sort of just came up with this idea.”

Her interest was the self-perception of Southern Sudan teens that were born in and lived their entire 16 or 17 years in the camp’s sub-standard living conditions.

“They’d never seen their home country. How does their perspective differ from the others who had lived in Southern Sudan?” she says. “I focused in on the Dinka — couldn’t cover the scope of the whole camp.”

Bunten-Wren used art for the bulk of her analysis. She tested the boys and girls separately. After an initial drawing of “whatever came to mind,” she had them create three images: a picture of themselves with a few descriptive sentences; an ideal partner with a description; and, finally a tribesman, Dinka specifically.

There was a difference between boys and girls, males showing greater self-esteem. But the startling finding was between the girls in two different schools. Half lived within the camp and attended its primary schools. The others attended the Angelina Jolie Girls’ Boarding School, located in the camp.

The latter had a “kindred spirit with Wellesley,” which helped girls gain confidence as capable human beings, to see their own potential.”

The difference demonstrated between the two groups was marked. The Jolie girls had a more positive view of self “drawing themselves bigger,” and provided more positive descriptive terms. The Jolie girls thought of themselves as smart and pretty, they wanted to be doctors and leaders. The camp girls struggled with any description.

Even in mate choice the Jolie girls held partners to a higher standard. “Typically the boys had higher self-esteem than the girls. But the Jolie girls rivaled them.”

“The great realization for me was the (Jolie) girls were charismatic … really smart girls. I left feeling hopeful. … THEN I met with head mistress.”

All of the Jolie girls wanted to go to secondary school or college. But she was told few would actually attend. The fact was their attendance at the Jolie school promised a larger marriage dowry for the family. “It’s hard to say no to that while you’re in a refugee camp. But most (with few exceptions) would be married off after boarding school.”

hat revelation is what prompted Bunten-Wren to change her own course. “That was a clarifying moment that said … this is what I’m supposed to be doing, so faced with it in the future, I can do something about it.”

Bunten-Wren — who spent most of her childhood in the Dover and South Berwick, Maine, area — is now a peace and justice studies major. She hopes to head to graduate school for international development.

“I’m toying with where in that field I’d fit the best, to do the things I want to do and … go out and help women get an education.”

She plans on applying for grants, in hopes of returning to Africa to gain more experience.

“I’m kind of keeping my options open, but I’m pretty determined to go back to Africa. Hopefully East Africa. And hopefully Kenya,” says Bunten-Wren. “I may not be able to go back to Kakuma and the Jolie school, but their story … inspired me to dream big and go out in the world and help others.”

Hey Senior..You missed nothing, If you saw that TIFF interview this was rewind. Thats the 1st time Id seen OP in a bit.
Senior I have 10 more minutes & I was going 2 have veggie soup* not anymore..I need greasy food,lol. Its a cold blanky night.
Mrs.Irma is feisty* I enjoy haha.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GEeEIlRgb64

No, they were not. One is actually a political blog. Obviously the hate from the last few years does bother her because she decided to shield herself and put herself in a bubble. What is this hate for? NOTHING since Brad is friends with the ex wife. Brad and his ex wife get off scott free and Angelina is bashed? For what ? I don’t know.

she has been trashed as a homewrecker, bad actress, bad mother, bad person, and everything else you can possibly imagine.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/raziaiqbal/2008/11/meeting_angelina.html

AJ has a higer purpose in life and it is not Hollyweird. Let Poor Whiny have her rah rah moment. Mama Angie has the love of her children and Man. She is devoted to her Children’s projects and causes.

And for all the constraints of such interviews imposed by PRs, she mentioned Brad in her first answer, talked about her children and the importance of family life to her, and how she really will not carry on acting for very much longer. She plans to do fewer and fewer movies and more and more work with children’s charities around the world, which has given her more purpose than she ever had.

She is one of the least controlled celebrities I have met, and it accounts for the ease she conveys. Obviously, she lives in a rarefied world, far removed from ordinary life for the majority, but the encounter proved to me that she revealed a down-to-earth quality which may otherwise have been lost or muted, had there been zillions of people faffing around her.

Senior* LLM & Amen2that meet me at da club at da club lol.
I cant get this song out of head. Im listening now *ear phones on.

Ot graphic
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ88fy4o2iU

bdj THANK YOU THANK YOU for that interview #1008. This is why Angie is The Jolie. She will always be legendary. In the years to come articles, books, whatever may come.. will be written about The Jolie and her accomplishiments.

While the X , with her pathetic self and the Pisser, will only be a footnote (if she even gets a mention).

Oh bdj, stop your paranoia. I belong to an Angelina blog and we were all discussing the “bubble” comment and how thrilled she was that she could block out the negative. UGH! It’s really bad when someone has to go to extremes to block out the media.

Please do Cliniqua #1021, send it over to the Perez and Snead.

Truth @ 11/13/2008 at 8:07 pm
Why is it an extreme when most of it is tabloids BS. AJ has a political/humanitarian Consultant, a member of the Foreign Council, A UN Ambassador, work with leading directors and actors, has the ear of congressmen and world leaders. AJ also has a partner that is an Activist, successful business man, Real estate developer, A list Actor and great Dad. Do you think she stress over tabloid BS and Whiny’s feelings. If this is living in a bubble, then so be it.

yes,huvane pays me..so what? i m doing my job.

Peeboy was bought with his cheesy Variety show. Too funny. He should have just done a deal with MTV, sort of like Nick Cannon. Too funny. I guess he can roll over in the morning without gagging now.